World Para Nordic Skiing Championships

The World Para Nordic Skiing Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships, along with the Winter Paralympic Games, are the most prestigious level of international competition in Paralympic nordic skiing.

On 30 November 2016, the International Paralympic Committee, which serves as the international federation for 10 disability sports, including Nordic skiing, adopted the "World Para" brand for all 10 sports. The world championship events in all of these sports were immediately rebranded as "World Para" championships.^[1]

At the 53rd International Ski Congress in July 2022, the IPC transferred responsibility of para cross-country skiing to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, and para biathlon to the International Biathlon Union.^[2][3]

Championships

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Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Notes
1st	1974 (details)	Grand Bornand	France	–	Skiing World Championships - featured alpine (downhill) and Nordic (cross-country) skiing,[5][6] held by the International Sports Organisation for Disabled (ISOD)[7]
2nd	1982 (details)	Alpes Vaudoise	Switzerland	–	Winter World Championships[7][8][9]
3rd	1986 (details)	Sälen	Sweden	–
4th	1990 (details)	Jackson	United States	–
5th	1996 (details)	Sunne	Sweden	–
6th	2000 (details)	Crans-Montana	Switzerland	–
7th[10]	2003 (details)	Mitteltal-Obertal	Germany	–
8th	2005 (details)	Fort Kent	United States	12 Mar – 20 Mar	[11]
9th	2009 (details)	Vuokatti	Finland	23 Jan – 1 Feb	[12]
10th	2011 (details)	Khanty-Mansiysk	Russia	31 Mar – 10 Apr
11th	2013 (details)	Sollefteå	Sweden	25 February - 5 March
12th	2015 (details)	Cable	United States	22 Jan – 1 Feb	[13]
13th	2017 (details)	Finsterau	Germany	10 – 19 Feb	[14] First World Championships under "World Para" branding.
13th	2019 (details)	Prince George	Canada	15 – 24 Feb	[15]
14th	2021 (details)	Lillehammer	Norway	8 – 23 Jan
15th	2023 (details)	Östersund	Sweden	21 – 29 Jan

See also

• Biathlon at the Winter Paralympics
• Cross-country skiing at the Winter Paralympics
• Biathlon World Championships
• FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

References

1. "The IPC to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as International Federation for" (Press release). International Paralympic Committee. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
2. "IPC transfers to FIS the governance of three Para snow sports". International Paralympic Committee. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
3. "IPC transfers governance of Para biathlon to IBU". International Paralympic Committee. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
4. The IPC, Official site of the 2009 IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships and the 2009 IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Cup
5. Athens Education Material - Paralympic Games - From 1960 to 2004, Malaysian Paralympic Council
6. Winter Paralympic History, HockeyCanada.ca
7. Paralympic Winter Sports Programme Build-up Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine, The Paralympian 1/2002, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
8. Canadian disabled team shines at winter games, The Vancouver Sun - Mar 15, 1982
9. Important Dates in Sledge Hockey History, hockeycanada.ca
10. Nordic Skiing, The Paralympian Newsletter 4/2002, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
11. Nordic Skiing World Championships To Begin in Maine, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), March 11, 2005
12. Vuokatti Prepares for IPC Biathlon & Cross-Country Skiing World Champs, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), January 19, 2009
13. Cable 2015
14. Finsterau 2017
15. "Prince George 2019 World Championships". International Paralympic Committee. 17 December 2019.

External links

• World Para Nordic Skiing